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herm0016 Enthusiast

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any ideas on differnt ways to mount lights to my front bumper?

i do not want a bull bar.

i like the smittybilt street bar but acroding to the site they do not make a bar for a 09 gmc. I also looked at the carr light wing that apears to mount to the license plate holder on the front bumper. I may also look at the carr light bar that is similar to a roof rack, though i still want the lights that are mounted at bumper level.

if anyone has pics of these products on nnbs gmc trucks it would be greatly appreciated. thanks.

these are the lights i am planning on getting: http://www.myhellalights.com/halogen_lamps...rome_CELIS.html

 

i think they will look awesome with the "angel eye" effect. my ultimite goal is to build a sleeper offroad truck.

03blackz71 Senior Enthusiast

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Look into a hildebrandt light bar. Mounts on the frame were the tow hooks are but you still keep the tow hooks!!! I had one and liked it but I couldn't fit my truck in the garage with it so I had to remove it and sell it.

 

here is a few pictures of it

 

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georgecdisc Enthusiast

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Look into a hildebrandt light bar. Mounts on the frame were the tow hooks are but you still keep the tow hooks!!! I had one and liked it but I couldn't fit my truck in the garage with it so I had to remove it and sell it.

Do you remember about how much you paid for the light bar? Where did you get it from... local store or online?

jro909 Senior Enthusiast

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Look into a hildebrandt light bar. Mounts on the frame were the tow hooks are but you still keep the tow hooks!!! I had one and liked it but I couldn't fit my truck in the garage with it so I had to remove it and sell it.

 

here is a few pictures of it

 

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you do realise thats illegal right?

herm0016 Enthusiast

herm0016

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tell us more? if this is than every bull bar, every grill guard, every light bar is also?

sc4808 Enthusiast

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What is Illegal, the lights or the mount?

 

Seems to me it would matter which lights were chosen, and how they were used.

03blackz71 Senior Enthusiast

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you do realise thats illegal right?

 

 

why you say that? When I had this on, I always had my lights covered when driving on the road. And that is legal!!! You just can't drive with them uncovered on the road.

03blackz71 Senior Enthusiast

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The N-fab light bars you have to drill holes in your chrome bumper to mount them.

 

The Hildebrandt one mounts to the frame in the tow hook location and you still keep your tow hooks.

 

 

I bought it online but can't remember where. Also it was around $170 for it. This bar is used on the tahoes, silverados, and sierra trucks.

y2kz71 Enthusiast

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The N-fab light bars you have to drill holes in your chrome bumper to mount them.

 

If you have the bumper with the slot they make one that mounts thru that space directly to the bumper/frame mount...no drilling required.

 

I like yours though, less intrusive

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oldmann Senior Enthusiast

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Look into a hildebrandt light bar. Mounts on the frame were the tow hooks are but you still keep the tow hooks!!! I had one and liked it but I couldn't fit my truck in the garage with it so I had to remove it and sell it.

 

here is a few pictures of it

 

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DSC00562-1.jpg

Pretty sure you could have the nicest truck on the forum. Wow. Love it when you had the lights.

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tanked_darren Senior Enthusiast

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tell us more? if this is than every bull bar, every grill guard, every light bar is also?

 

 

What is Illegal, the lights or the mount?

 

Seems to me it would matter which lights were chosen, and how they were used.

 

In BC at least you have to cover your offroad lights. There is a limit on how many lights your capable of having turned on in the forward direction, thats why the fogs turn off when you hit the high beams at night I think.

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dkj313 Enthusiast

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I have tried all sorts of bars, I had the light wing by Carr, black powder coated, it started pealing after 1.5 years, not to mention the 6" hella lights pulled on the plate frame, you really need to beef up the support.

 

now i have a westin light bar on my 09 Silverado.

 

why hasn't anyone creat some brakets that would bolt onto the frame behind the grille, this would fit through between the top of the bumper and below the grille. then have mounting holes to either bolt one or two lights on each side.

 

i can't fab parts like this. anyone made such a thing?

 

here is one i found on a ford? google image

 

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